The Pitlochry Pagoda

Location: Explorers Garden at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Scotland

Client: Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Type: Public | Completed: 2002

Materials: Scottish Oak, with Cedar shingles and Elm benches

Features: Natural reminders, random-width panels, carved wood details.

Our client’s brief:

The Explorers Garden, Pitlochry Pagoda completed in 2002 was a special project we dedicated to Scottish plant collector and explorer, George Forrest. The delicately shaped roof trusses and hung panels are made from Scottish Oak, with Cedar shingles and Elm benches.

The dragon represents good fortune and wisdom in Chinese Culture and was inspired by Forrest's major expeditions and discoveries in the Yunnan province.

A dragon intricately carved into each of the roof trusses.

 

George Forrest (botanist)

1873-1932